Medical science and plastic surgery in particular are in vain. This has made it possible for George Benson to look younger in 2003 than he did in the 1980s. The additional disadvantage is that his face has now been stretched so tightly that nowadays he is blessed with two slit eyes. Irreplaceable is just as forced. In a desperate attempt to enter the R&B market he has gathered an extensive stable
… of young artists around him. This team manages to drag him through the CD with great pain and effort. It is not his playing, but vocally there is no more lashing out. If we can also believe the content of Benson's lyrics, the love life of the average 66-year-old is one big party. That offers hope for the future, in which Benson would be better off getting involved with jazz from now on. (AD)more
